DubiousTwizzler

• DubiousTwizzler 8 Feb 2015 18:24 UTC

  0 points

  on: Meetup : Dal­las, TX

  Sooooo it turns out that Taste of Chicago is not open on Sundays. My bad. We’ll be going to Pastazios Pizza instead. Address is 5026 Addison Circle, Addison, TX 75001.

• DubiousTwizzler 8 Jan 2015 4:24 UTC

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  in reply to: MaximumLiberty’s comment on: Meetup : Dal­las, TX

  Thanks for reminding me! I’ll have a sign that says “Less Wrong”.

• DubiousTwizzler 23 Nov 2013 16:32 UTC

  37 points

  on: 2013 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

  Survey taken

• DubiousTwizzler 25 Jul 2013 17:41 UTC

  14 points

  in reply to: Manfred’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 25, chap­ter 96

  You’re right. Thanks for the correction!

• DubiousTwizzler 25 Jul 2013 17:21 UTC

  2 points

  in reply to: Manfred’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 25, chap­ter 96

  Since it seems like these two explanations fit this specific piece of evidence (roughly) equally well, and we know that Quirrelmort is the entity referenced by the prophecy in canon, and that Voldemort is called the Dark Lord in both canon and hpmor, then why wouldn’t Dark Lord as Death get a ‘complexity penalty’?

  If I’m using it wrong, please explain.

• DubiousTwizzler 25 Jul 2013 16:00 UTC

  10 points

  in reply to: Benquo’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 25, chap­ter 96

  Also, mysterious feeling of doom. And Quirrel can sense Harry’s feelings. And their magic can’t interact.

• DubiousTwizzler 25 Jul 2013 15:57 UTC

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  in reply to: elharo’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 25, chap­ter 96

  Wait, what? I don’t remember reading this, or picking up on any hints of this. Care to explain?

• DubiousTwizzler 25 Jul 2013 15:51 UTC

  4 points

  in reply to: William_Quixote’s comment on: Harry Pot­ter and the Meth­ods of Ra­tion­al­ity dis­cus­sion thread, part 25, chap­ter 96

  The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches… born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies… And the Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal. But he shall have power the Dark Lord knows not… and either must destroy all but a remnant of the other, for those two different spirits cannot exist in the same world. - chapter 86

  Oddly, I feel like each line in this prophecy could equally well point to Dark Lord as Voldemort OR Dark Lord as Death.

  Although P(Dark Lord as Death) should get a complexity penalty since Voldemort should be the default candidate due to canon.

  EDIT: The last sentence is wrong. What I should’ve said is that since Voldemort is the prophecy’s referent in canon, and he is called the Dark Lord in both canon and hpmor, I’m still assigning >50% probability to Quirrellmort being the entity referred to in hpmor’s prophecy.

• DubiousTwizzler 12 Jul 2013 21:25 UTC

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  in reply to: Raemon’s comment on: Four Fo­cus Areas of Effec­tive Altruism

  I’m a student interested in building a Rationality/​Effective Altruism Club. Was this talk recorded? Because I would be interested in watching/​reading it, if you have a YouTube link, etc.

• DubiousTwizzler 5 Nov 2012 6:13 UTC

  32 points

  on: 2012 Less Wrong Cen­sus/​Survey

  Just took my second survey. Been lurking a while now, this is my first comment.

• DubiousTwizzler 19 Mar 2012 5:07 UTC

  0 points

  on: The Eth­i­cal Sta­tus of Non-hu­man Animals

  Is there any relevant research on the subject of animal sentience, animal “persons”, etc?

  I’ve read quite a few arguments from different points of view, but haven’t found any actual science on the subject.